Tank and heater.



J. AMBRUSTER..

TANK AND HEATER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 14, 1911.

Patented May 6, 1913.

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JOSEPH AMBRUSTER, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

TANK AND HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1913.

Application filed June 14, 1911. Serial No. 633,118.

To all whom I? may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH AMBRUSTER, acitizen o-f the United States, residing at lFreeport, in the county ofStephenson and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tanks and Heaters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invent-ion relates to a combined feed and watering troughespecially designed for the use of stock, and poultry and the mainobject of the invention is to provide the animals with warm water andfeed during cold weather, and a further object of the invention is tosave fuel by warming the feed or mash by passing through the feedcompa-rtment the water intended for use in the drinking compartment,thereby bringing the water down to the proper drinking temperature andat the same time utilizing the heat extracted from said water for thepurpose of warming the feed.

Vith these objects in view, the invention consists of the novel featuresof construction, hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims andshown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view, parts upon one side being brokenaway and the covers of the feed compartment being in open position. Fig.5 is a longitudinal section taken centrally through the heating end ofthe device. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the hot water heatingdevice upon the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

In these drawings, 1 represents a trough which may be of any desiredsize, which is mounted upon a number of metal supporting legs 2 and 3,the latter of which forms also a casing for the purpose ofinclosingcertain heating devices to be hereafter described in det-ail.Also between the supporting legs 2 is mounted a smaller trough 4, fromsuitable cross bars 5, the smaller trough providing drinking water forsmall stock not large enough to use the main trough 1. The trough 1 isdivided by cross partitions 6 into middle and end compartments, themiddle compartment being designed for holding mash or other suitablefeed, being provided with hinged covers 7. The end compartmentimmediately above the trough 4 is designed to hold drinking Water whilethe other end compartment is connected with the water heating device.Suitably hung upon this end of the trough is a liquid fuel tank 8, andarranged within the supporting leg 3, which is formed of sheet orgalvanized metal, is a hydro-carbon burner 9, of any desired type,connected by a suitable pipe 10 with the fuel tank 8.

It will be understood that the particular type of heating device isimmaterial, since the entire device is adapted to be made in varioussizes, and where large stock, such as horses and cattle are to bewatered and fed, the device may be of such size that it will bepractical and in some cases cheaper to employ a wood or coal burner inplace of the liquid fuel burner illustrated.

A suitable water heating tank 11 is ar ranged in the upper portion ofthe supporting leg 3, and consists of an open cylinder surrounded by awater jacket 12. A smoke pipe or flue 13 leads upwardly from saidcylinder 11 and opens above the tank 1. Arranged within the cylinder 11is a hollow disk 14, which communicates with the water jacket 12,by-means of upwardly extending angled pipes 15, and from the center ofsaid disk extends upwardly a water supply pipe 16, which extends upthrough the ue 13 and is then carried horizontally through the side ofthe flue and through the partitions 6, di-scharging into the drinkingcompartment at the opposite end of the trough 1. 1n the middlecompartment, the pipe 16 is provided on each side with a lateralextension 17 so that the warm water in passing from the heating devicethrough the said feed compartment is caused to travel through both thepipe 16 and the branch pipe 17, thereby increasing the -heating surfaceof the pipes in the middle compartment. A cold water return pipe 18leads back from the bottom of the drinking compartment and through thefeed compartment and discharge into the end compartment through whichthe Hue 13 extends. From this compartment cold water flows back to thewater jacket 12 through suitable pipes 19. A depending pipe 20 providedwith a suitable valve 21 depends from the pipe 16 and furnishes warmwater for the small trough 4.

To adapt the device for the use of fowls hooks 22 are provided upon thesides and `adjacent the ends and upon these hooks are adapted to be hungsuitable arms 23 which carry perches 24, said perches being alsoprovided with suitable supporting legs 25.

These perches are detachable and may be removed while t-he device isbeing transported from place to place, or when the device is used forwatering and feeding other kinds of stock.

/Vhat I claim is:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a trough divided into threecompartments, means for heating water in one oi said end compartments, apipe conducting heated water from said end compartment through themiddle compartment and discharging the same into the other endcompartment, said pipe being branched in the middle compartment, and areturn pipe eX- tending from the second mentioned end compartment backto the first mentioned end compartment.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a trough divided intomiddle and end compartments, a cylinder having a water jacket arrangedunder one of the end compartments, the water jacket communieating withsaid compartment, a flue for products of combustion extending upwardlythrough said compartment from said cylinder, a heating device arrangedbeneath said cylinder, a hollow disk arranged in said cylinder and incommunication with the upper portion of the water jacket, a water supplypipe extending from said disk upwardly through a portion of said iiue,and thence through the middle compartment to the other end compartmentinto which it discharges, and a return pipe leading from the lastmentioned compartment and discharging into the first mentioned endcompartment.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a trough divided intomiddle and end compartments, supporting legs for said trough, a heatingdevice incased in one of said supporting legs and beneath an endcompartment adapted to contain water, means for conveying water fromsaid compartment through the middle compartment and into the oppositeend compartment, the middle compartment forming a feeding trough, thesaid feed being warmed by passage of water through said middlecompartment.

JOSEPH AMBRUSTER.

Witnesses:

Cona E. HELD, FRED C. HELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

